As geeks, we're well aware of the importance of running as a normal user instead of as root (UNIX/Linux/BSD) or administrator (Windows). However, while this should be common knowledge to anyone reading OSNews, it's often hard to illustrate just how important it is - until now, that is. A report by BeyondTrust looked at how many security bulletins issused by Microsoft are mitigated by simply... Not running as administrator.

Only problem is, many apps are very difficult or costly to fix. And this includes open source/free stuff... the largest the company, the highest the cost of any change, even minimal. And today companies are saving every penny.